Ironing machine



F. T. RUSSELL IRONING MACHINE Filed Dec; 28, 1926 2 Shets-Sheet 1- L- 1v a? {/4 3 INVENTOR. J. M %i7 z4%;NEY5;

Aug. 23, 1932.

Aug. 23, 1932; RUSSELL 1,873,332

IRON ING MACHINE Filed Dec. 28, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- PatentedAug. 23,1932 UNITED STATES ATENT, OFFICE FREDERICK T. RUSSELL, OF UTICA, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR TO SAVAGE ARMS CORPORA- TION, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, ACORPORATION OF DELAWARE IRONING MACHINE Application filed December 28,1926. Serial No. 157,438. r

The object of the invention is the provision of a power driven, domestictype, ironerof slmplified and improved construction, capable ofoperation with a minimum of manual.

effort and constructed to permit of the assembly of the various parts ina compact and at tractive form as below pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of thepreferred form of the complete ironing machine unit,

Fig. 2 is a larger. scale view of the righthand end of the machine, v

Fig. 3 a" section on the line III-III of Fig. 4, t

Rig. at a front elevation of the machine, the right-hand end being asection on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3, I

Fig. 5. is a section on the line VV of Fig. 4, certain parts beingomitted for clearness of zo illustration, and

Fig. 6 a view of the left-hand end of the machine.

Referring to Fig. 1, it will be, seen that the machine includes a.padded ironing roll 1 journalled at one end in the arm 2 of a goose necksupport 3 and supported at its other means might be used. The shoe iscarried by trunnions 9 in the arms 10 secured to the rock shaft 11. Whenthe shoe is properly set with respectto the roll, rocking movementthereof on thearms 10 may be limited or prevented by any suitable meansas for example by a screw, or any equivalent device, represented by 12in Fig. 6. v

The rotation of the roll and the movement of the shoe are both producedby an electric motor 13 mountedat the rear of the transmission housing(Figs. 2 and 3) and the whole machine is preferably mounted on atable14, which although shown as provided by spring 31.

with its own legs, may when: the legs are removed, be placed upon anyother table or wherever is most convenient. The. motor armature shaft isdirectly coupled to the main drive shaft 15 which carries a worm 16.Referring first to the drive connections of the ironing roll, itwill beseen that the worm 16 drives worm-gear 17, secured to a shaft 18, whichshaft carries free thereon a pinion 19 adapted to be clutched to orreleased from the shaft by means of the splined clutch collar 20 andclutch pins 21. ion 19 drives the large spur gear 22 fast on the end ofthe roll shaft 4, above. mentioned, and thus drives the ironing rollwhenever the motor is in operation and the pinion 19 clutched to theshaft 18. The clutch 20-21 The pinis conveniently operated by means ofany suitable clutch operating member such as the lever 23 (Figs. 1 and5) pivotally mounted on the housing 5 and connected with the collar 20by a'fork or any other suitable means as will be understood. lVhen thelever is moved to the right the clutch is opened I and it is closed bytheopposite movement.

I Referring now to the shoe drivethe worm 16 also drives a worm gear2lwhich is loosely mounted on a shaft 25 j-ournalled in the walls of thetransmission housing. By means of the clutch pins 26 and a clutch collar27 splined to the shaft 25 the latter may be clutched to or releasedfrom the gear 24. This clutch is of the automatic throw-out type and isso organized that when allowed to bedriven by the gear 2-l it willrotate the shaft through one hundred and eighty degrees only and willthen of its own accord come to rest. This operation is convenientlyeffected by means of the face cam28 formed on the flanged part of theclutch collar 27 and adapted to engage a control pin 29 which is formedon or by the lower end of a plunger rod 30 mounted for vertical endwisemove-.

mentin the outer wall of the transmission housing and normally urgeddownwardly hen the rod is elevated the pin 29 will be withdrawn fromengagement with the cam 28 and the clutch collar urged by its spring 32will move into clutching engagement with the gear 24. If the nlnnopr rodis held elevated the" drive of-sha ft 25 will be continuous, but if itis released the pin-29 will engage the peripheral surface of the flangeof the clutch cam until the latter has rotated under it far enough tolet it ride ofi? and drop to. its ,lowest'lposition where it -is engagedby the face of the cam. This.

occurs at the lowest portion 33 of the cam .face. Continued rotation ofthe shaft for a further quarter turn, with the pin now engaged by thecam face will result in the clutch collar being withdrawn fromengagement with the gear 24' whereupon the shaft 25 will come'to restand remain stationary- 7 until the rod is again elevated when the shaft25 will again be rotated one hundred and eighty degrees and so on. Thusa momentary lifting of the plunger rod 30 pro- 'duces one half rotationof shaft 25. Re-

ferring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the upper end ofthej rod 30 isconnected to -a crank arm 34 fixed to the'trunnion 35 of the con.- trolboard 6, .so that to procure a half turn of the shaft 25, at any time,it is merely. nec-' essary to depress momentarily the board 6.

The spring which elevates the plunger rod 31 serves to hold the controltable inits normal horizontal position and maintains it in such positionwith sufiicient'rigidity to enable-itto serve as a work-support on whichthe garment can be arranged for presentation to the roll, and the tableis wide. enough for this use. v

I These half turn movements of the shaft 25 are utilized to effectthe'movement of the shoe toward and from the roll and to'this end,referring now to Figs. ,4 and 5, an cecentric 36 is s ecuredto' theend.of shaft 25 outside the transmission housing but within a suitableprotecting casing and an eccentric rod extends rearwardly fromtheeccentric strap into operative engagement with a crank arm 37 securedto the rock shaft 11 or formed as an extension ,of the arm 10. In orderthat the'shoe may act yieldingly' on the roll, the-connection betweenthe'eccentric component links normall v,rod and the crank arm includes aplunger member 38 which 0 erates against a spring 39 within a guide seeve 40, the latter being rigidly connected to the arm 37. The end' ofthe spring 39 bears against an adjustable screw. stop as shown so thatthe ironing pressure ma bevaried to suit the conditions in hand.Furthermore, the eccentric, rod is articulated with'a toggle joint 41with its in their deadcenter relation and beneat the joint is pivotall-ymounted a breaker member 42 operated by a push rod 43 slidably mountedon the transmission housing andhaving a conveniently located knob 44 atits up er end. This push rod is preferably locate right handend of theroll and somewhat adjacent the above the feed table, .and is normallyurged upwardly by a spring 45 which tends to hold the breaker memberaway from the toggle, I

but should it be desirable at anytime to effeet the release of the shoeindependently of its power drive, the operator is merely required tostrike the knob which breaks the toggle and thereupon the shoe willfallwell away from the roll. This arrangement is primarily designed toprevent the burning or scorching of thepadding on the rollor of thearticle being ironed, should the current fail while the hot shoe is inpressing engageing of the shoe away fromthe roll facilitates cleaningand waxing of the shoe since when the toggle is broken, access may bereadily.

had to every part of the ironing surface of the shoe. To return theparts to their normal positions the shoe may be manually restored tooperative position by .means of a knob handle 46 (Figs. 1, 4 or 6) whichprojects from the left-hand end of the shoe. i Projecting from the rearof the transmis- -ment with the roll. In addition, this open- 7sionhousing is a bracket 47 (Figs. 2 and 4) I which provides a pivotalsupport for an upper table top 48, thelatter being arranged to swingabout the vertical post 49 and this permit said table top to be utilizedwhether or not the machine is in operation. In Fig.

,1 the machine is shown ready for use and the a I upper table top,supported by a collapsible leg 50, is .conveniently located at the rightand of the machine for use in folding the articles to be ironed and, tohold the finished work, the drying rods 51 housed in holes in the end ofthe table top can be pulled out as shown when needed. When the ironingoperation is completed the drying rods are pushedhome, the leg 50collapsed and-the table top swung back over the machine to the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig 1 where itprotects and conceals the ironingelements and where it may ofcourse be used as an ordinarytable. i

heated electrically and as shown inFig. 1, individual heating and motorswitches are mounted on a swltch plate 52 conveniently located on thefront of the transmission housing where they are readily accessible tothe operator. l

Inoperating the machine flat work is arranged'substantially evenly ofthe length of As stated abovethe shoe is preferably the roll and then,with the motor switch in ened or guided, the upper'or leading edge ofthe shoe isprovided throughout its length with a strip of heatinsulating material53' fected at the left-hand or open end of-theroll(Figs. 1 and 6), the goose-neck support at that end readily permittingthe workrto .be set as required on the end of the roll or if the case ofskirts or the like. Again, certain articlespleated skirts for examplemayrequire pressing in setforms necessary slipped right over the roll7sasin or arrangements. Articles of this nature are arranged on theroll'an'd then, with the roll drive clutch disengaged and consequentlythe roll stationary, the shoe is operated as before by a slight pressureon the control board.

When the article is sufliciently pressed theshoe is released by anotherslight'pressure on the control board, the roll manually rotated toadvance the unpressed portion of the garment and the shoe againoperated.

Having now described my invention I claim: I P

1. In an ironing machine the combination of a rotatable roll, a shoemovable toward and from the roll, an electric motor, connections betweenthe motor and roll and the motor and shoe respectively for effecting therotation of the roll and the movement of the shoe, a work supportingfeed table movable to coning the i511 and advancing the shoe to theroll,

a lever arm on the shoe connected with said gearing assembly above thebase and at one end of said table and a depressible work table abovesaid table top base having control connections to said gearing locatedwholly above the table top base and adapted to cause the shoeto advanceto the roll. 0

4. In an ironing machine the combination of a'rotatable roll, anironingshoe and heating means therefor, means for eii'ectmg relative movementof the roll and shoe to move the same into and out of pressingengagement and a heat insulating member carried by the shoe to protectthe operatorfrom contact therewith and taperedto guide the work into theshoe.

5. In an ironing machine the combination of a rotatable roll," anironing shoe and heating means therefor, 'roll driving means and a heatinsulating member rigidly secured to and constitutingthe leading edgeof-the shoe to protect theoperatdrin guidingthe work to the-shoe. Q v

6. Inan ironing machine the combination ing means therefor, roll drivingmeans and a heat insulating member mounted in advance of the shoe andshaped to forma continuous surface therewith.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this. specification.

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trol, the connections between the motor and I for controlling the driveconnections between the motor and the roll. I i

2. An ironing machine comprising in combination a table-top base, .agear housing mounted on and above the base adjacentone shoe and meansindependent of said feed table end thereof, a rota-table roll having oneend journalled in saidhousing, a shoe supported} on the base formovementtoward and from 1 the roll, an electric motor on the base having a driveshaft extending into the housing, said shaft having operatingcennections'respectively with said roll and shoe, a pair of clutchdevices in said housingcontrolling respectively the motor-rollandmotor-shoe connec- 1 tions, a movable work-supporting feed tablemounted above the base adjacent the roll and arranged to controlone ofsaid clutches and means independent of said feedjtable for controllingthe other of said clutches. a 3. An ironing machine comprising arotatable roll andga movable ironing shoe, a table top base beneath saidroll and forming a;cle ar space under it open front and rear,legssupporting said table and providing'an'unob stru'cted spacebetween-them adapted to ac- .commodate a clothes basket, 9. motor, andagearin v of theIa assembly driven thereby on one end Q use includingpower :means for drivv of a rotatable roll, an ironin shoe and heat-

